ओष्ठ

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háwṣṭʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háwštʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os (“mouth”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic оуста (usta), Latin ōs, Hittite 𒀀𒄿𒅖. See also आस् (ā́s, “mouth”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́wʂ.ʈʰɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈoːʂ.ʈʰɐ/

ओष्ठ • (óṣṭha) m

1. lip (generally in dual)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.39.6:

     ओष्ठाविव मध्वास्ने वदन्ता स्तनाविव पिप्यतं जीवसे नः।
     नासेव नस्तन्वो रक्षितारा कर्णाविव सुश्रुता भूतमस्मे॥

     oṣṭhāviva madhvāsne vadantā stanāviva pipyataṃ jīvase naḥ.
     nāseva nastanvo rakṣitārā karṇāviva suśrutā bhūtamasme.

     Even as two lips that with the mouth speak honey, even as two breasts that nourish our existence,
     Like the two nostrils that protect our being, be to us as our ears that hear distinctly.

2. the forepart of an Agnikuṇḍa

• ओष्ठ्य (oṣṭhya)

Coccinia grandis in fruit

ओष्ठ • (oṣṭha) f

1. (botany) Coccinia grandis (to whose red fruits lips are commonly compared)

• Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, page 236